Attachment for automobiles.



v '1. w. POSEY. ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION HLED IAN- 5, 1916.

Patented Se t. 26, 1916.

' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACKSON w. POSEY, or comrnnnr, oam DAKOTA.

urrncmnm' iron nurononrms.

This invention relates to improvements-in attachments for automobiles,and particularly to a device for' attachment to the wind-shield.

The principal object of the inventionis to provide a curtain forattachment to the wind shield of an automobile which can be pulled downto shield the eyes of the driver from the glare of the light from theheadlights of an approaching automobile. Y

Another object is to provide a curtain of this character which willprotect the eyes of the driver, while at the same time permit him to seethe road ahead of the vehicle.

Other objects and advantages will be. apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying In thedrawing: Fi e 1 is a rear elevation of the wind-shie dequipfisd with my4 improved curtain,'the curtain ing in lowered position; and Fig. 2 isan enlarged vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to ing drawing, 10 represents the frame of t eSpecification of Letters Patent.

the accompan Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application filed January 5, 1916. Serial m. 70,455.

wind-shield and 11 the glass thereof. Carried by the upper part of theframe is a pair of brackets 12 which support a spring shade roller 13.Secured atone end. to this roller, and adapted to be-wound thereon is acelluloid curtain 14, the same being made up of the sections 15, 16 and17 and suitably connected together. These sections are 001- ored, andmay be of the same color, but of difierent shades or of difierentcolors, as desired. One section is to be'light in color, the nextsection medium, while the remainlng section is to be of a darker hue.Thus the driver can pull the curtain down until the proper sectionshields his eyes from the glare of the approaching headlight, andaficording to the strength of the light from t e ap the dnvers eyes, thesection best suited to protect his eyes can be quickly .and easilypositioned.

What is claimed is: I

An attachment for the wind-shield of an automobile comprising bracketsadapted to be secured to the shield, a spring roller roaching vehicle orthe condition of mounted -in the brackets and a curtain secured to andadapted to be rolled on the roller comprising a plurality of coloredsections of difierent degrees of transparency.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

JACKSON W. POSEY. Witnesses:

H.. s. 1am, Emrn' I. Poser.

